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Matt Cradock

US Open Qualifier Reduced To 17 Holes Due To Bizarre Incident

A US Open flag flutters in the wind

The US Open gives players the opportunity to qualify for the third men's Major of the year and, with local qualification underway across the USA, we have already heard a number of different stories, one of which involves a flooded green and over 100 pars!

Now, you may be confused as to what we are on about but, put simply, on Tuesday night, an irrigation pipe burst on the par 5 seventh hole which led to the putting surface being completely unplayable. Problem was, the US Open qualifier was being played on Thursday, with 108 golfers making their way to Rolling Green Golf Club in Springfield.

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